Public Art Commissions
Utah Public Art Program Opportunities
Click on the project name to download the pdf file containing the full project description and specifics for submitting qualifications.
Open Projects
We have no open calls for artists at the moment. Please check back for the opening of the upcoming projects listed below.
The Utah State Legislature Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Appropriations Subcommittee reviews all capital projects for the State and approves or cuts public art funding for those projects. If you would like to contact the legislators on the committee to express your views on art in public places. The committee membership is listed on the Utah State Legislature web site. This web site also provides schedule and contact information for the committee.
Upcoming Projects
- Salt Lake Community College New Media Center
- Utah State University USTAR
- Utah Valley University Science Building
- Dixie State College Commons
Projects In Process
- Health Technology Building, Ogden Weber Applied Technology College - Ogden
Applications are being reviewed
- Utah State University, Uintah Basin, Vernal - Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center
- Traffic Circle Artist commissioned: Jocelyn Russel
- Mural (1.7MB PDF) Artist commissioned: Ron Richmond
- Mountainland Applied Technology College - Thanksgiving Point (4MB PDF)
Artists commissioned :Mark DeGraffenried and Dan Cummings- Snow College Library - Ephraim (5.3MB PDF)
Artists commissioned: Jones & Ginzel- University of Utah - Salt Lake City
- Utah Museum of Natural History (3MB PDF)
Applications are being reviewed- James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building (3.6MB PDF)
View a virtual fly-through of the building.
Artists commissioned: Cliff Garten, David Mann, Michele Gutlove, Cheryl Safren and David Scharf
- Annette Poulson Cumming College of Nursing Building (2.2MB PDF)
Artist commissioned: Anna Campbell Bliss- David Eccles School of Business (2.4MB PDF)
Artist commissioned: Andrea Polli
Other Utah Public Art Opportunities
- No projects registered with our office at this time
National & International Public Art Opportunities
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General Growth Properties, under the guidance of the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, is issuing an open Call-to-Artists for a privately commissioned public art project to be incorporated into the new public plaza centrally located within the recently opened lifestyle expansion at Tucson Mall. Artists are invited to submit qualifications for a large scale project(s) on site of the new Tucson Mall Plaza area located between the free standing Cheesecake Factory and R.E.I. buildings. For more information, visit online.
Budget $70,000 - Deadline: July 30, 2010
San Francisco Public Art and Civic Art call for artist qualifications for the San Francisco Veteran's Memorial Project for a tribute to the military veterans who have fought for their county. Applications available through CaFÉ.
Budget: $15,000 for design concept.
Production budget TBD - Deadline: July 30, 2010
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The Rhode Island State Council nn the Arts is pleased to announce a new call for public art at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Cranston. Visit online for more information.
Budget: $88,000 - Deadline: July 30, 2010.
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The Public Art Program of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs requests the submission of qualifications from professional artists to work with the Park and Recreation Department and the Community of Pleasant Grove to participate in the Master-Planning Phase for Dallas’ newest signature park in historic Pleasant Grove. Contact Kendall Ferguson at 214.670.5639 for more information.
Budget: $25,000 - Deadline: August 4, 2010
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All Professional artists are invited to submit qualifications for consideration to create a site-specific artwork for Lake Highlands Town Center, a newly developed community at the northeast and southeast corners of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas. Send submissions via email. Contact Drema Chávez at 214.670.3284 for more information.
Budget: $28,000 - Deadline: August 13, 2010
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The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, dba Wishard Hospital, with Blackburn Architects, Inc. as the Art Project Manager, invites US-based professional artists over the age of 18 to submit their qualifications for artwork design and/or fabrication opportunities at the new main Wishard Hospital complex, currently under construction. For more information contact Julia Muney Moore, Public Art Administrator at Blackburn Architects. Visit online to download full RFQ. Applications will be received exclusively through CaFÉ.
Budget: unknown - Deadline: August 16, 2010
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Phoenix Valley Metro Rail request for qualifications from artists for the creation of public artworks for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Mesa Extension. Four experienced artists will be selected to create integrated or stand alone art commissions at light rail stations ($245,000 - $255,000 each). Two smaller projects at a Traction Power Sub Station are suitable for emerging public artists ($35,000 each). Interested artists may obtain a copy of the RFQ documents via email request and referencing solicitation number LRT-10-155-MART.
Budget - See Above - Deadline: August 20, 2010 by 3PM Arizona Time
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TriMet: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Public Art Opportunities - TriMet invites qualified artists to apply for public art commissions for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project. Up to seven professional, established artists/artist teams will be selected to create major works for new light rail stations, adjacent station areas and at other significant locations along the alignment. Responses to this RFQ will be accepted through the CaFÉ. Contact Michelle Traver for more information.
Budget: $3,000,000 (all projects) - Deadline: August 20, 2010
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Civic Art + Design and Houston Police Department call for artist qualifications for the Houston Police Midwest Station located at 7277 Regency Square Boulevard (District 18). Visit online or contact Carole Anne Meehan at 713.527.9330, ext. 113 for more information.
Budget: $120,000 - Deadline: August 23, 2010
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The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist to develop site-specific artwork for an expanded underpass at Mercer Street and Aurora Avenue. The call is open to professional artists residing in the United States. A link to the application and guidelines is available at online.
Budget: $335,000 - Deadline: August 25, 2010 by 11PM PDT
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The Albuquerque Arts Board announces a national 1% for Art RFQ to commission a work of Electronic/Digital Media Art. The Warehouse 508 Selection Committee seeks an interior and/or exterior electronic/digital artwork situated at the Warehouse 508 teen center.
Budget: $100,000 - Deadline: August 31, 2010 by 5PM MST
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The Kinston Community Council for the Arts (KCCA) seeks to commission an artist, artist team or designer to create a site-specific, outdoor bandstand canopy which provides functional shelter for performers and interprets, commemorates and celebrates the African American musical history, heritage and culture of Eastern North Carolina, in particular the City of Kinston and Lenoir County. The commissioned artist will design and produce an artful canopy enhancement to be installed on an existing, unsheltered bandstand in Pearson Park (formerly Neuseway Park), overlooking the Neuse River in downtown Kinston, NC. Visit online or contact Sandy Landis at 252.527.2517 for more information.
Budget: $65,000 - Deadline: September 1, 2010 by 5PM EST
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The Ormond Memorial Art Museum in Ormond, Florida is seeking submissions from artists with previous experience in outdoor installation work to design, build and install an outdoor, site specific, three dimensional tribute to veterans who served in the Vietnam War. For more information call 386.676.3347 or email srichmond@ormondartmuseum.org.
Budget: $26,000 - Deadline: September 3, 2010
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The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor public artwork which interprets, commemorates and celebrates the African American musical history, heritage and culture of Eastern North Carolina. This public art project will be a prominent component of the African American Music Trail (AAMT), an initiative of the NC Arts Council, an agency of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. Visit online fo more information.
Budget: $100,000 - Deadline: September 7, 2010 by 5PM EST
- The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor artwork which offers seating for greenway trail users and interprets, commemorates and celebrates the history, heritage, culture and landscape of Happy Valley, a picturesque rural region of the Yadkin River Valley spanning Caldwell and Wilkes Counties in Northwestern North Carolina. Visit online fo more information.
Budget: $60,000 - Deadline: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by 5PM EST
- Wyoming Art in Public Buildings call for artist proposals for the Wyoming medium security correctional facility in Torrington, Wyoming. The Art in Public Buildings committee for the Correction Facility project encourages submissions from artists who reside within Wyoming and surrounding states (Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana). For more information, visit online or contact Rita Basom, Manager, Wyoming Arts Council at 307.777.7473.
Budget: $60,789 - Postmark Deadline: September 10, 1010
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The Winnipeg Arts Council invites professional artists to submit expressions of interest for a permanent, contemporary artwork using elements of water and light in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Interested artists must submit a complete application package to be considered. Please visit online for full details including eligibility criteria, application requirements and to download the Call-to-Artists as well as site plans and images.
Budget: $575,000 - Deadline: September 13, 2010
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